Best Suitable Graphics card for a Lenovo ThinkCentre m57 with a Maximum Power Supply of 280W

[FireWienie]

Hi guys, I have a Lenovo ThinkCentre m57 and I really want to upgrade it. I've already asked a question and the answers were great, but they were not exactly straight-forward. Here is a picture of the size of my computer, said in millimeters:

It is pretty small and I know I will have a hard time finding a decent graphics card. I'm not looking for an amazing one that could run current games, but I am looking for one with at least 1 GB vram, 3.0 pixel AND vertex shader. I need these specifically because I want to be able to run Mirror's Edge and CoD4. All of my other specs are good enough to run them. Note that I currently have about 160 dollars but choose to not spend more than 50 dollars on my graphics card. I have found three on amazon and newegg that are fairly cheap and could potentially work on this computer; here are the links.

http://www.amazon.com/MSI-Profile-PCI-Express-R6450-MD1GD3-LP/dp/B004X6ABTM/ref=sr_1_22?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1431307563&sr=1-22&keywords=graphics+card

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102933

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127584

Please tell me if they would be able to be used on this computer. If not please help me find one that could be compatible and not more than 50-60 dollars.

 

[Robert Cook]

to the best of my knowledge all of those cards will fit, The pictures and measurements were vague, but those cards can go low profile, so you should be fine.

 

[FireWienie]

I don't really have another way to fin the size of my computer, unless you want me to find a picture of the parts inside of it. Anyways, I need an answer whether they could fit inside my computer or not. Here is a picture of all the components inside the ThinkCentre M57:

 

[Robert Cook]

Wait I though that thing had a PCIE slot... let me do more checking...

 

[FireWienie]

Sorry, I should have mentioned that. It does have a PCIe slot, 2 in fact.

 

[Robert Cook]

Lenovo says that PCIE 16X slot exists but and it seems to be next to the PCI slot. the card has a low profile option, so it should fit no problem.

 

[Robert Cook]

If the slot exists, and it can take a card, then the MSI card will have to fit, as if it wont, I cant think of anything that can.

 

[FireWienie]

So my biggest hope is the MSI. That's great news but I need more options that are a guaranteed fit so I know I wouldn't waste my money. Can you look around and find some small low profile cards that would have a high chance of being compatible with my motherboard? Try to go under the budget of 100 dollars, which I will be hard. I'll be doing my own research too.

 

[FireWienie]

Another update, I was told these 3 graphics cards are compatible with my motherboard. They are low profile and small.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133542

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500337

http://www.amazon.com/MSI-Computer-Graphic-N730K-1GD5LP-OC/dp/B00N802PC0

 

[Robert Cook]

Pretty much any graphics card will work in a PCIE slot. The PNY card seems fine, and is pretty powerful for its price. that Zotac card looks a bit tall.

 

[FireWienie]

Pretty much any graphics card will work in a PCIE slot. The PNY card seems fine, and is pretty powerful for its price. that Zotac card looks a bit tall.

What about the MSI? I'm thinking of using my dad's old computer's graphics card and if that doesn't work, I'll probably buy one of those.

 

[Robert Cook]

The MSI card while still low profile is slightly thicker than the other cards, while it would fit, as this whole idea is a gamble of space, the other cards with thinner designs are better bets.

 

[FireWienie]

Alright, thanks. That's the most you can help me with at the moment.

 

[ProTech89074]

Kind of an old thread, but, what card did you wind up going with?? I use an MSI GeForce 610 with hdmi to my Onkyo AV receiver to my 55 inch TV... works pretty nice. My only complaint really is my card only have 1024 onboard memory...